10/15/2007

"The Dancing House"



The building was the weirdest thing, it looked false, as if it wasn't possible to build something like that; twisted, elegant and almost organic.
The image was captioned "The Dancing House", I did a Wikipedia search and found loads of info about it.

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It was originally called "The Fred & Ginger", after the two architects who built it (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers), however, the public applied a different name as time passed, due to the structure looking strikingly similar to a couple dancing together, it gained the name; "The Dancing House". The house stands out among the Neo-Baroque, Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings for which Prague is famous.

Built in 1994, the very non-traditional design was controversial at the time. Czech president Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had supported it, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.

On the roof is a French restaurant with magnificent views of the city. The building's other tenants include several multinational firms. (The plans for a cultural center were not realized.)


(Bibliography;
Wikipedia.com)

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